{"id":3627,"date":"2014-05-23T03:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T03:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:19:14","slug":"1965-mustang-with-a-turbo-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3627","title":{"rendered":"1965 Mustang with a Turbo 3.8L Inline-six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3628\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3628\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3628\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?fit=1000%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,665\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1965 Mustang with a 3.8L Ford SOHC inline-six running 40 psi of turbo boost&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?fit=1000%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?resize=1000%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1965_mustang_with_turbo_inline_six_01.jpg?resize=624%2C414&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1965 Mustang completed a quarter-mile in 8.52 sec at 164 mph. It achieved this in part thanks to a monster engine built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TunnelVisionTurbocharging\">Tunnel Vision<\/a>. The engine is a 3.8 L Ford SOHC inline-six destroked from 4.0 liters. The motor runs on E85 fuel and a Garrett GTX45R turbocharger producing 40 psi of boost. It pulls so hard the back vanity plate almost comes off. Watch the Mustang race in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JzDZsHG2Dig?si=1rQ5rzsCcSLKHm4t\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCKBB6RO5gWsuTFPJPgCIOGQ\">Fullboost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1965 Mustang completed a quarter-mile in 8.52 sec at 164 mph. It achieved this in part thanks to a monster engine built by Tunnel Vision. The engine is a 3.8 L Ford SOHC inline-six destroked from 4.0 liters. The motor runs on E85 fuel and a Garrett GTX45R turbocharger producing 40 psi of boost.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3627\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1965 Mustang with a Turbo 3.8L Inline-six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129248,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129248","url_meta":{"origin":3627,"position":0},"title":"1965 Mustang with a 7.3L Godzilla V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1965 Mustang started life with an inline-six and automatic transmission. 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